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I wonder if one or two voices might say ‘he’s done very, very well at the club, but when it came to the Champions League, did he have a great enough hand on all of the subplots and sophistication at that kind of level?’

Ian Darke on Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s only defeat to date came against PSG in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

United were comprehensively beaten 2-0 at Old Trafford and are huge outsiders to turn the game on its head at the Parc des Princes next week.

Darke says Solskjaer does deserve the permanent role and believes the players would share the same view.

However, he wonders whether the powers that be think the loss to PSG was a red light to appointing the former striker.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has won 11 of his first 14 games in charge of Man Utd (Image: GETTY)

“Well it might be [dependant on United getting in the top four],” Darke said.

“And it might be that people will look at the Champions League tie.

“They’re trailing to Paris Saint-Germain and I wonder if one or two voices might say ‘he’s done very, very well at the club, but when it came to the Champions League, did he have a great enough hand on all of the subplots and sophistication at that kind of level?’.